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INTENTIONAL BY DESIGN
The world doesn’t need more clothes — it needs better clothes. We conceive our textiles at the source on our own looms, and produce every garment in small, intentional batches with master artisans in Bombay. Limited in quantity and never on sale, each piece is made with care to last and to be lived in. At PAYAL KHANDWALA, art is our lens and fashion our medium. As a painter, Payal translates colour, geometry, and proportion into clothing that exists between East and West.
'What sets us apart is my perspective as an artist: a preoccupation with the formal elements of fine art, reinterpreted as style and comfort for real women. Each piece is created for the modern aesthete — bohemian yet chic — with an emphasis on good taste and quiet sophistication' - Payal
MARRYING HERITAGE + MODERNITY
Our heritage collections honour artisanal textiles — silks, brocades, and handlooms — reimagined in modern shapes that keep tradition alive.
Our contemporary line carries the same spirit of craft into pared-back silhouettes, precise yet effortless.
To honour the craft we operate our very own handlooms that are manned by skilled Indian craftsmen, through which we produce a unique variety of prime quality silks, linens and cottons.
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KNOW MORE ABOUT US
Born in 1974 in Bombay, Payal Khandwala grew up surrounded by art and design through her mother and grandmother, both painters and dressmakers. She studied Fashion Design at SNDT University, Bombay, before moving to New York on scholarship to the Parsons School of Design, where she graduated with honors in Fine Arts and Illustration in 1999.
In 2012 she launched her eponymous label, fusing her dual vocations as painter and clothes maker.
Her work sits at the crossroads of East and West, Art and Fashion, defined by a house signature of bold simplicity, impeccable proportions, and the richness of handwoven textiles. Guided by the philosophy that clothes should “feel good,” her aesthetic combines timeless style with effortless luxury for the modern woman.
For a decade, as an artist her paintings were represented by galleries in New York, Barcelona, and Bombay, and are part of private collections worldwide.
She lives in Bombay, with her family.